Physician-Pilots

[SpaceCowboy91]

Any doctors here currently doing a physician job in the civilian world and also flying guard/reserve?  What speciality do you practice and what age did you start UPT training?

[herkbum]

A very good friend of mine is a Radiologist and retired from the ANG a few years ago. She misses flying, so she decides to throw her hat in the ring and has been hired by a regional. She plans to continue practicing medicine while flying. I believe her eventual goal is to get hired by a major. But nice to have medicine to supplement her income.


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[SurelySerious]

Any doctors here currently doing a physician job in the civilian world and also flying guard/reserve?  What speciality do you practice and what age did you start UPT training?

Just to clarify are you talking people under the official pilot-physician air force program, or just people who are civilian physicians that are also AF fliers in the ANG/AFRC?

[TheNewGazmo]

I would say it'd be tough to hold a medical-related job down as any type of DSG aircrew member.  Being an aircrew member requires quite a bit of participation.

[herkbum]

I would say it'd be tough to hold a medical-related job down as any type of DSG aircrew member.  Being an aircrew member requires quite a bit of participation.

I disagree. The doctors that were in my ANG unit never had a problem maintaining currencies.


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[TheNewGazmo]

I disagree. The doctors that were in my ANG unit never had a problem maintaining currencies.


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Definitely must be region dependant. We can barely get our flight docs away from their civilian jobs to fly with us.

[herkbum]

Definitely must be region dependant. We can barely get our flight docs away from their civilian jobs to fly with us.

Or timeframe dependent. I retired 6 months ago and the doctors retired 4 or 5 yrs before I did. And these weren’t flight docs, they were pilots that were civilian docs.


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